Angela Merkel proudly declared that the euro was Germany’s destiny, but will she be able to persaude her fellow Germans to back an Italian for the most important economic post in the EU? Germans are obsessed with controlling inflation ever… Continue Reading →

The royal wedding on Friday, April 29 is a contemporary echo of the old British Empire, so much talked about and praised by Winston Churchill, that died after World War II. In the Wall Street Journal’s Thursday, April 28 article,… Continue Reading →

Refugees from Libya are crowding into Italy and then migrating to France according to an article in the April 27, 2011 issue of the Wall Street Journal, “France, Italy Seek Tighter Borders.” The French have started to set up check… Continue Reading →

Almost one hundred years ago Lawrence of Arabia was captured and held in Deraa. Just this past weekend Syria sent tanks and armored vehicles into the southern city located along the border with Jordan as it raided homes and deployed… Continue Reading →

The War in Libya may be the first armed conflict in North Africa involving foreigners since World War II when the region saw the likes of Rommel, Montgomery, or “Monty”, and El Alamein, but it continues to provide a playing… Continue Reading →

Low inflation is so historically important to Germany that the Euro Central bank raised interest rates by a quarter point on April 7 to 1.25%. This was the first rate hike since the summer of 2008. But now it is… Continue Reading →

The U.K. Telegraph reports in an article reminiscent of Dr. Goebbels, “Russian Official Sacked After Saying ‘Future Of White Race Under Threat’”, that Konstantin Poltoranin said, “What is now at stake is the survival of the white race. We feel… Continue Reading →

The April 23, 2011 article in the Wall Street Journal, “As Arab Spring Turns Violent, Democracy Advocates Face Big Challenges”, is reminiscent of how Churchill, T.E. Lawrence, and the “Forty Thieves” met in Cairo in March of 1921 to draw… Continue Reading →

The U.S. policy toward Libya affirms the order established by the Second World War to judge by the April 22, 2011 article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “U.S. Launches Drone Strikes in Libya”. Germany and England were fighting to… Continue Reading →

The Bank of England decided not to increase it’s interest rate, following a path more similar to the U.S. than to Germany and the EU. This is reported in an article entitled ” Policy Makers in the U.K. Focus On… Continue Reading →